ARGH, Dump_Text tool not working

[Watercolorheart]

Stupid batch files ... I copied and pasted tools to the appropriate directory, but all it does is create an empty text file without dumping the text like earlier versions did. Halp!

Can we get this added to the launcher?

Version 6.6.1

[Watercolorheart]

I've attached the script. If anyone can get dump_text.bat to run, can they run it on this?

This poor thread got pushed down.

[PyTom]

I've attached the script. If anyone can get dump_text.bat to run, can they run it on this?

This poor thread got pushed down.

I will be working on some sort of solution to this, but I'm not sure if it will be ready before the next release of Ren'Py.

[Watercolorheart]

Thank you. Could you kindly dump the text for me?

[Watercolorheart]

Is this any closer to being fixed?

[PyTom]

Sorry about the delay. I've been very busy with work and school recently, and development time for Ren'Py has suffered.

Anyway, here's a script that can dump the text out of Ren'Py files. To use it, place it in your game directory, and run your game. As your game starts, the file dump.txt will be written in the directory containing renpy.exe. Delete dump_text.rpy and dump_text.rpyc to stop dump.txt from being updated.

Actually, I had this done a while back, but there was a problem with it. Making a script that dumps the text out of any Ren'Py game is easy, but I don't want to release tools that decode obfuscated files. This current script only dumps the text out of .rpy files that exist on the user's hard drive, which is probably what people want.

(I'm also considering peppy as the new official Ren'Py editor, as it has some nice support for spell-checking on the fly.)

[Watercolorheart]

You're a godsend.

[Watercolorheart]

Well, I put it in my directory, clicked run_game, and got this error:

The specified module could not be found:
LoadLibrary(pythondll) failed.

[PyTom]

That shouldn't be related. That's the error you get when python25.dll is missing.

[Watercolorheart]

So where do I put it?

[edit]The instant I take dumptext.rpy out of my game folder, the game works.

[EvilDragon]

This works for me, I put it in the game dir, then run the game normally, it automatically creates the dump.txt file in the game dir.

Though, it also writes out stuff that's in transition functions (like Fade(0.1,0.5,0.1,color="#FFF")) it will dump #fff.

[Watercolorheart]

I wonder what's wonky in MY script then ... ?

[PyTom]

The thing is, the LoadLibrary error occurs really early in the process. When you get it, you really shouldn't be able to run Ren'Py at all, as Python should have refused to start.

How are you running Ren'Py?

[Watercolorheart]

6.1.1, WinXPclick on run_game.exe or open from Launcher app.

[PyTom]

6.1.1 is ancient. Try it with the current version, please.